Old hoppy beers are a pet peeve of mine, perhaps my biggest in the realm of beer. If you’re going to send me anything hoppy, please make sure it is in fact a fresh bottle. Unrated hoppy beers as well--if it’s old, I don’t really want it and will usually end up dumping it, so it’s a waste on both ends. Also, I have a backlog of >1000 beers, so I may have had it anyway. Old = greater than a couple months. Yes I’m grumpy :-)